Top Nominated Films in Award Functions from the Glorious year of 2015

We just love the festive award functions whenever they are telecast on TV. It brings in much excitement to see so many stars under one roof and how they would react on winning the coveted awards. Everything from dance performances to gigs keep us on the edge of our seats. Celebrity anchors and award presenters up the glamour and entertainment quotient.

Some of the best / popular films from 2015 which have received maximum nominations in 2016 are as follows :

 1.    Badlapur 

      A great risk taken by Varun Dhawan to play a vengeful husband who plans to shoot down the killers of his wife and son.  For the same, he waits until 20 years to reach the main convict. It has shown quite a bit of time lapse with the aging of all associated characters. The main antagonist, Nawazuddin Siddiqui does immense justice to his purpose of fleeing from a bank robbery and promptly killing  Varun (Raghu)’s family in a rage. Shobha (Divya Dutta) needs a special mention for her small yet strong appearance as an NGO worker who works to rehabilitate prisoners. Jhimli ( Huma Quereshi) does a great job in potraying her loyalty towards her boyfriend Liak ( Nawazuddin).  All in all, a great career move by the actor and kudos to all characters who played their role to the T.

 2.    Bajirao Mastani

       A beautiful love story presented in the backdrop of a war front. Two warriors, Bajirao (Ranveer) and Mastani ( Deepika) , develop feelings for each other as they fight the invaders in Bundelkhand.  Although Peshwa Bajirao ( Youngest Prime Minister) is married, an exchange of a dagger, as per the Rajput tradition, destines them to be married. They unite in Pune after a while. Mastani pursues her love and agreeably faces humiliation, injustice and nonacceptance by Bajirao’s Family. Kaashi ( Priyanka Chopra)  and Mastani are not  on friendly terms. Kaashi’s son Balaji Bajirao grows up to hate Mastani and in agreement with the shared wrath of his grand mom (Radhabai) for Mastani, keep her captive. When this new reaches Bajirao at his battleground, he defeats the enemy, but succumbs to injuries and hallucinations and dies. They are known to have untied through death.

 3.    Talvar 

      A gripping thriller etched out by Meghna Gulzar where the case of Arushi Talvar’s murder re-opens.  Meghna tries to show different investigative teams approach towards the case and their varied outcomes / hypothesis. The local police hurriedly come to the conclusion of  an alleged affair between Shruti & Khempal ( servant) which was the reason her parents committed the double murder ( Honor Killing). This leads to a public outrage and hence, the CDI ( Central Department of Investigation)  is handed over the case. Now the competent Ashwin Kumar ( Irrfan Khan) approaches the case and conducts narco tests to reveal that Tandon’s assistant Kanhaiya and his two accomplices were behind Shruti’s murder.

He arranges for evidence and presents it to his new boss CDI Chief who dismisses his perspective and mishandles the proof, in order to seek promotion.  A new probe team works on the case to come back with the same hypothesis of Shruti’s parents being the murderers.  Her parents are convicted and jailed.

 4.    Dum Laga Ke Haisha 

      

      A beautiful slice of life film based in Haridwar. A young couple are set up for an arranged community wedding. The boy being uneducated, opts for an overweight girl, albeit unhappily. They have a strained new marriage as Prem Prakash Tiwari ( Ayushmann Khurrana) is too embarrassed to accept Sandhya ( Bhumi) as his wife.  They opt for a divorce mutually, after things go out of hand.  The court decides to give them 6 months to salvage their relationship. They get back but maintain a distance. Events of a competing CD shop coming to their town, leads them to participate in a ‘Dum Lagao’ contest in which Prem is supposed to carry his wife Sandhya all the way to the finish line to counter competition from new CD shop owner . They fall in love during the race and accept each other by the end.

      5.    Tanu Weds Manu Returns 

      A festive film Tanu Weds Manu Returns shows the protagonist set to re-marry his former wife’s look-alike. Their marriage hits a rough patch owing to differences they are seen discussing in a mental rehabilitation center. Manu ( Madhvan) then falls in love with a completely different, outgoing rebellious yet cute Kusum (Datto). But during his second marriage event, realizes his love for Tanu. Kusum bravely sacrifices her love and gets them re-united.

 6.    Piku 

      Piku will always be loved for its simplicity. A road journey taken by a Father and Daughter from Delhi to Kolkata, to visit their ancestral home and close relatives, leads them to open up serious discussions about life’s ideologies, parenting and expectations from children. Rana ( Irrfan Khan) becomes a part of this debate as they deal with chronic constipation issues, bickering by Bhashkor ( Amitabh Bachchan) over petty issues and the pent up frustration of Piku ( Deepika) . They survive the drive and reach Kolkata to witness familial problems of immediate family. Rana  very subtly persuades Piku against selling of her ancestral property. They grow closer and return happier.  Bhashkor learns to be independent with his new found love for cycling. He happily returns with street food for everyone. Has a great motion and dies in his sleep. Piku understands her father a lot more than before and is happy he made her the woman she is!

       7.    Bajrangi Bhaijaan  

       A big hearted, Hanuman Bhakt, Pawan Kumar Chaturvedi, bumps into a young child ( Munni) who seems to have lost her way home. His attempts to find her homeland go in vain as Munni is shown to have a speech defect and does not communicate. Bajrangi Pawan is now on the hunt for a job, which brings him to his late father’s friend’s residence. He meets Rasika ( Kareena) there and instantly develops feelings for her. While his stay, he introduces Munni to the family, who is welcomed in their abode albeit briefly. As soon it is found out that Munni is a Pakistani Muslim. The pressure to return her safely on the other side of the border is shouldered by the brave Bajrangi Pawan. How his good nature leads him into an unknown country and how he is suspected to be an Indian Spy come in his way of fulfilling his mission.

 8.    Baby  

      A thrilling narrative to single out terrorists and related organizations that take refuge in our country with the purpose to terrorize our citizens. Their mind is anti-national and they believe they are working for attaining respect and love from the Almighty. ‘Baby’ a nickname for a counter-intelligence group hunts down the terrorists and breaks their clan. A lovely watch.

9.    Drishyam

      When your family in in trouble, you go to any lengths to safeguard them. Such is the case in Drishyam. When Vijay Salgaonkar’s daughter Anju’s MMS clip is made by her fellow classmate Sameer, he uses it to get physical with her. Anju’s mother Nandini intervenes and in the events leading up to a fight, happen to kill Sameer. The case of him missing becomes huge with the police and media.  Sameer’s mother Inspector Meera Deshmukh is handling her son’s case and gets into a detailed investigation to hunt down the abductor. The climax shocks as Vijay is able to influence evidence intelligently.

We look forward to the big awards season which have just begun. Tell us your favorite feature film meanwhile.